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Understanding Deterioration Due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry heritage Article Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry Kristin Balksten 1 and Paulien Strandberg-de Bruijn 2,* 1 Conservation, Uppsala University Campus Gotland, 621 67 Visby, Sweden; [email protected] 2 Division of Building Materials, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +46-046-222-4260 Abstract: Extensive durability problems such as weathering and degradation are found in historic Scandinavian brick masonry buildings, especially from the neo-Gothic period. These are largely due to the crystallization of salts and frost action in the bricks and mortars. This article aims to show and illustrate which salts and crystals are found in historic brick masonry buildings and to describe their appearance and behavior. An additional aim is to explore possibilities of preventing salt-related damage on internal masonry wall surfaces, such as using hemp-lime sacrificial plaster beneath the plaster. The objective is to show the mechanisms behind salt-related problems and to perform a case study and a laboratory study on salt-damaged brick masonry containing sodium sulphate. In order to prevent and stop damage to the masonry, it is important to be able to identify the nature of the salt damage and the type of salt that caused the damage. Neo-Gothic brick masonry buildings require well-planned, continuous maintenance of the masonry. It is therefore of the utmost importance to have an understanding of the complex functions of the masonry and of the salts that can cause damage to these historic buildings. Keywords: brick masonry; lime mortar; salt deterioration; thenardite; mirabilite; halite; calcite; Citation: Balksten, K.; frost damage Strandberg-de Bruijn, P. Understanding Deterioration due to Salt and Ice Crystallization in Scandinavian Massive Brick Masonry. 1. Introduction Heritage 2021, 4, 349–370. https://doi.org/10.3390/ The main aim of this article is to show in a pedagogic way the most common salts heritage4010022 and crystals found in historic Scandinavian masonry buildings, to describe and illustrate how to use ocular methods to recognize them in macroscopic and microscopic scales Received: 29 January 2021 and to describe their behaviour when causing damage. It seeks to provide an in-depth Accepted: 8 February 2021 understanding of salt and frost-related damage and knowledge of how to repair and Published: 11 February 2021 renovate brick masonry walls without causing additional damage. It is aimed at those having to deal with damaged masonry in practice. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral An additional aim is to explore and present a possible new way to prevent or delay with regard to jurisdictional claims in salt-related damage on internal masonry wall surfaces. The objective was to perform a case published maps and institutional affil- study and full-scale laboratory studies on brick masonry walls with a hemp-lime plaster iations. and to study salt-induced precipitation from the brick wall into the hemp-lime plaster. Since the early 13th century, brick masonry has been used for construction in the Scandinavian countries [1], using different construction techniques and with the quality of materials varying over time. The differences have led to a variation in the behaviour of Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. these masonries in terms of weathering and degradation. Brick masonry buildings from the Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. neo-Gothic period and to some extent in the neo-Romanesque style have proven to be extra This article is an open access article problematic due to their construction method and choice of materials compared to, for distributed under the terms and example, medieval massive brick masonry buildings. It became clear at an early stage that conditions of the Creative Commons poor quality bricks and lime mortar with high porosity and poor frost resistance and bricks Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// containing sulphate had been used in the masonry core. The cause of moisture problems creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ in neo-Gothic buildings has been examined in more in-depth studies [2–6]. The types of 4.0/). Heritage 2021, 4, 349–370. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4010022 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage Heritage 2021, 4 350 damage that can be found in these masonries are very similar, due to a large extent on the crystallization of both salts and ice in the porous bricks and mortars. All the salts presented in this paper can be found in the neo-Gothic buildings studied but the photographs used may come from other historic buildings where they are more illustrative. The illustrations and good examples included here are derived from 20 years of practical work with historic masonry buildings and their decay. This paper, therefore, focuses primarily on salt and frost-related damage found in Scandinavian neo-Gothic masonry buildings based on their structure, function and degra- dation processes. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of what these salt and frost- related moisture problems entail: their appearance, what causes them and, where possible, measures to minimise their harmful effect on the durability of the masonry. Salt and frost problems in historic Scandinavian masonry buildings are often noted [2,7–12], but the complexity of these neo-Gothic brick walls mean that the damage is often very extensive and costly. This paper is based on previous international and national research, a case study and a laboratory test plus a number of field studies of historic buildings. There is essential international research focusing on the occurrence and behaviour of salts in porous building materials [13–27]. These provide in-depth knowledge of how different salts crystallise and cause damage. Microscopy is a widely accessible and relatively straightforward method to identify salts and to determine their occurrence and behaviour in porous building materials. A recent literature review on test methods presents laboratory tests that are often used [28]; very little is said about microscopic methods for identification. There is also valuable research presenting theoretical models, numerical simulations and quantitative studies on crystal growth in porous building materials in general [29–35] and in bricks and mortars in particular [36–40]. Several studies on frost damage in porous materials are of interest and have provided more in-depth knowledge of the influence of pore structure on durability [9,11,41–46]. Several papers combining numerical models and microscopic and/or macroscopic studies are of interest [44,47–50]. Some studies using microscopic methods on crystal growth are of particular interest for this paper, and previous research on the subject is of importance for understanding and interpretation [15,51–54]. The problem has also been studied continuously throughout the 20th century focusing on Nordic climatic conditions and brick masonries [7–12,55], and a great number of objects built around the year 1900 have been investigated with the aim of restoration [2–6]. The results presented are the results of the research project ‘Preventing salt-induced precipita- tion through hemp-lime plaster in older brick buildings’, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency through the “Spara och Bevara” research programme. The paper is divided into two main parts. The first part describes the Scandinavian neo- Gothic brick masonry buildings and the salt and frost-related damage found in them [2–6]. The second part describes a case study and laboratory study of the use of lime-hemp inside salt-damaged brick masonry buildings. 2. Neo-Gothic Brick Architecture in Sweden There are extensive salt problems in brick masonry in neo-Gothic buildings in Sweden. The south and west façades of high church towers have exhibited moisture and salt-related problems since the day they were built [2]. The construction of these neo-Gothic buildings was new and innovative in the 1870s, when cement and façade bricks simultaneously came into use in Sweden. Before this period, brick masonry was generally constructed using high-quality brick in homogeneous interacting monoliths in combination with high-quality lime mortar [56,57]. Neo-Gothic buildings were commonly constructed using bricks with air lime mortar (lime:sand ratio 1:2 to 1:3), as described by architects in the building instructions preserved in the archives as well as in literature from the 19th century [58]. It became clear at an early stage that both bricks and lime mortar of poor quality had been used in the masonry core Heritage 2021, 4 351 of these buildings. In contrast to the masonry core, the façade was built using hard-burned bricks with a dense surface combined with a thin layer of rigid, dense, cement-rich pointing mortar. Among the bricks in the core there were usually some stones of lower quality that were relatively unburned, of sulphur-containing clay. The sulphur has given rise to salt-related damage in the masonry. Additionally, the façade stones sometimes lacked sufficient anchoring in the masonry core wall, since anchoring was accomplished by means of a header course that was tied to the core of the wall. Sometimes only every seventh course was a header course that was anchored to the masonry behind. This has caused structural problems at times, as the façade brick sometimes became detached from the masonry core. This is evident from the study of archives and pilot studies before restoration on many of those churches [2–6]. When the pointing is stiff and dense and the brick surface is hard and dense there is a risk of crack formation between bricks and joints as well as parallel to the surface layer of the brick, caused by temperature and moisture movements. With façade brick surfaces detaching from the masonry core and with cracks between bricks and joints, water can enter into the masonry by capillary action, leading to moisture accumulation in the masonry core.
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